Mother's Day 2008

Today I was lucky enough to get a sleep in of one hour (my choice...if I sleep for too long in the mornings I feel like I've wasted my entire day!), a dvd off Jasper, some lovely chats with my husband, beautiful kisses with my son, and an afternoon of laughter with 2 of my sisters and my mother. I made a caramel mud cake for us to have with our tea/coffee and, as usual for me, it turned out yummy but unattactive! I covered the whole thing with little candy hearts though so it wasn't very obvious that it had bits fallen off (well, Mandy did mention that her piece had a 'bit' hanging off it which was hard "like a cancer"! I just laughed and didn't mention the fact that I knew it was dodgy). ha ha

Here are the cards I made for mother's day this year (one for my mum, one for Remmy's mum, one for Remmy's step-mum, and one for my Stampin' Up! demonstration album):

Just because I haven't been in much lately...here is our new bath/change table! It's fabulous! We originally wanted it because we couldn't decide which boy's room to put the change table station in (thinking that one of them would always be sleeping when the other needed changing) and this table goes in the bathroom -- including a bath that takes up to 100kg! -- but, upon working out that the bathroom has 2 levels of heat lights and we'll have a very small bub in Winter, we were sold! It took a while to get here un-damaged but worth the wait.

This was Jasper's first bath in there, he had lots of fun!

Finally, here is my 38 week belly pic. I've been told that I've 'dropped' and I'd have to agree! Come on bub, my hospital bag is in the car ready to go, you can come out now! ha ha

Belly preservation

On September 7th 2006 this is what Remmy and I were doing:

On May 3rd 2008 (the Saturday just gone) we were doing it again:

These belly casts are from kits called birthing bellies...

http://www.birthingbellies.com.au/belly_what.php

...they're designed to preserve the shape and size of your pregnant belly! I am so proud that we were prepared enough to cast my belly at exactly the same gestation both times (37wks + 2days), it makes for awesome comparisons!

When we'd finished my cast on Saturday we were both shocked to see how much narrower I am this time around! We went on an ice-cream binge even, thinking that I'd done such a good job of keeping my weight down. I thought about taking some piccies of the two casts on the dining table before bed but, in the end, just waited until the morning. Turns out I was only as wide as I was in the cast of my Jasper-bump because of the weight of the plaster while it dried! I was most disappointed to see that my current bump was almost exactly the same as my Jasper-bump come morning. I think I'm definitely sticking out in front more this time though...could be because I'm less toned! ha ha Here's some comparison piccies...in the last two pics the new cast is the one drying on the green towels.

37 weeks!

These pics were taken last Thursday (I've just been slack with getting them on here). It hardly seems real that we'll have another baby very soon! You'll be pleased to know that I started packing for hospital yesterday though (finally!)...the fact that I still have things to buy doesn't matter, at least I've started! It's heaps easier to pack for the hospital having already been there once before. I know, for instance, to pack a special rug/cover to put over the plastic tub thing at night to shield bub's eyes from the light; I know to pack no more than 6 of any given type of garment; I know that it's useless to dress bub up everyday as he'll mostly be wrapped up; and I know that, should anything change or be different at all, I can always rely on Remmy to bring me more things! Last time he even brought me in my bedside lamp! ha ha. So yeah, much less stressed this time around but there is the added issue of not knowing this time around if I'll be able to try for a VBAC or if I'll be having a scheduled c-section. If I am to try for a VBAC I need to pack a small overnighter bag with labour-type things in it (as I don't think they will appreciate a suitcase, however small, in the delivery rooms!) but if I have a c-section there is much that I won't need to pack at all! Nevermind, I will pack for a VBAC and, if I need to schedule a c-section closer to the date, I should have time to re-pack...problem solved!

Here are some cute piccies of Jasper talking to himself in the mirror while I was taking those belly shots! He does this everytime he sees his reflection now...rather funny, slightly disturbing! ha ha

Today Jasper was quite clingly and affectionate with me. I really enjoyed his extra attentions, he's such a great kid!